Like Rafael Mendez and Roger Voisin before him, Armando Ghitalla was a legend in the classical trumpet category. He did not probe the extreme depths of the expressive voice of the trumpet, like Voisin, nor did he go flying off hell bent for leather, as Mendez was wont to do -- Ghitalla's was a good, all-around trumpet sound. Replacing Roger Voisin in the first trumpet chair of the Boston Pops when Voisin retired in 1963, Ghitalla was still teaching when he died in 2001. Bridge's Armando Ghitalla: A Trumpet Legacy is a ...
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Like Rafael Mendez and Roger Voisin before him, Armando Ghitalla was a legend in the classical trumpet category. He did not probe the extreme depths of the expressive voice of the trumpet, like Voisin, nor did he go flying off hell bent for leather, as Mendez was wont to do -- Ghitalla's was a good, all-around trumpet sound. Replacing Roger Voisin in the first trumpet chair of the Boston Pops when Voisin retired in 1963, Ghitalla was still teaching when he died in 2001. Bridge's Armando Ghitalla: A Trumpet Legacy is a reissue of an album produced by Peter Breiner, possibly for Naxos, but not released. It appeared in 1992 on the subcutaneous Premier Records label as Trumpet Concertos of Three Centuries, and the Bridge issue added Two Dance Pieces by William Perry not included on the original release.William Perry is a television composer best known for his soundtrack music for PBS' The Silent Years; both his Concerto for Trumpet, written for Ghitalla, and the Two Dance Pieces are not very challenging...
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Amilcare Ponchielli; Johann Melchior Molter; Oskar Böhme; William Perry. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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